diff --git a/man2/utime.2 b/man2/utime.2
index 3c5199201..98192a189 100644
--- a/man2/utime.2
+++ b/man2/utime.2
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" Modified 2004-06-23 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
 .\" Modified 2004-10-10 by Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>
 .\"
-.TH UTIME 2 2008-08-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH UTIME 2 2014-02-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 utime, utimes \- change file last access and modification times
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ utime, utimes \- change file last access and modification times
 .BI "int utimes(const char *" filename ", const struct timeval " times [2]);
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
+.B Note:
+modern applications may prefer to use the interfaces described in
+.BR utimensat (2).
+
 The
 .BR utime ()
 system call